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1995 National Oil and Gas Assessment 1/4-Mile Cells within the Southwestern Wyoming Province

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:
1995 National Oil and Gas Assessment 1/4-Mile Cells within the Southwestern Wyoming Province
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: USGS Central Energy Team
Online_Linkage: <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/oilgas/noga/>
Description:
Abstract:
Cell maps for each oil and gas play were created by the USGS as a method for illustrating the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in a play or province. Each cell represents a quarter-mile square of the land surface, and the cells are coded to represent whether the wells included within the cell are predominantly oil-producing, gas-producing, both oil and gas-producing, or dry. The well information was initially retrieved from the Petroleum Information (PI) Well History Control System (WHCS), which is a proprietary, commercial database containing information for most oil and gas wells in the U.S. Cells were developed as a graphic solution to overcome the problem of displaying proprietary WHCS data. No proprietary data are displayed or included in the cell maps. The data from WHCS were current as of December 1990 when the cell maps were created in 1994.
Purpose:
The purpose of the cell map is to display the exploration maturity, type of production, and distribution of production in quarter-mile cells in each of the oil and gas plays and each of the provinces defined for the 1995 U.S. National Oil and Gas Assessment.
Supplemental_Information:
Oil and gas plays within province 37 (Southwestern Wyoming) are listed here by play number, type, and name:
Number Type           Name
 3701  conventional   Rock Springs Uplift
 3702  conventional   Cherokee Arch
 3703  conventional   Axial Uplift
 3704  conventional   Moxa Arch-LaBarge
 3705  conventional   Basin Margin Anticline
 3706  conventional   Subthrust
 3707  conventional   Platform
 3708  conventional   Jackson Hole
 3709  conventional   Deep Basin
 3740  continuous     Greater Green River Basin - Cloverly-Frontier
 3741  continuous     Greater Green River Basin - Mesaverde
 3742  continuous     Greater Green River Basin - Lewis
 3743  continuous     Greater Green River Basin - Fox Hills-Lance
 3744  continuous     Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
 3750  coalbed gas    Greater Green River Basin - Rock Springs
 3751  coalbed gas    Greater Green River Basin - Iles
 3752  coalbed gas    Greater Green River Basin - Williams Fork
 3753  coalbed gas    Greater Green River Basin - Almond
 3754  coalbed gas    Greater Green River Basin - Lance
 3755  coalbed gas    Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19901201
Currentness_Reference: 19901201
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.0568905
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.271434
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.0039019
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.91867281
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: National Oil and Gas Assessment
Theme_Keyword: Energy Resources
Theme_Keyword: Oil
Theme_Keyword: Natural Gas
Theme_Keyword: Resource Assessment
Theme_Keyword: Earth Science
Theme_Keyword: Natural Resources
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Cells
Theme_Keyword: Law, B.E.
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Southwestern Wyoming
Place_Keyword: CO
Place_Keyword: WY
Place_Keyword: UT
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4, version 1.0
Place_Keyword: US08 = Colorado
Place_Keyword: US49 = Utah
Place_Keyword: US56 = Wyoming
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Oil and Gas Provinces (NOGA-95)
Place_Keyword: 37 = Southwestern Wyoming
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Oil and Gas Plays (NOGA-95)
Place_Keyword: 3701 = Rock Springs Uplift
Place_Keyword: 3702 = Cherokee Arch
Place_Keyword: 3703 = Axial Uplift
Place_Keyword: 3704 = Moxa Arch-LaBarge
Place_Keyword: 3705 = Basin Margin Anticline
Place_Keyword: 3706 = Subthrust
Place_Keyword: 3707 = Platform
Place_Keyword: 3708 = Jackson Hole
Place_Keyword: 3709 = Deep Basin
Place_Keyword: 3740 = Greater Green River Basin - Cloverly-Frontier
Place_Keyword: 3741 = Greater Green River Basin - Mesaverde
Place_Keyword: 3742 = Greater Green River Basin - Lewis
Place_Keyword: 3743 = Greater Green River Basin - Fox Hills-Lance
Place_Keyword: 3744 = Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
Place_Keyword: 3750 = Greater Green River Basin - Rock Springs
Place_Keyword: 3751 = Greater Green River Basin - Iles
Place_Keyword: 3752 = Greater Green River Basin - Williams Fork
Place_Keyword: 3753 = Greater Green River Basin - Almond
Place_Keyword: 3754 = Greater Green River Basin - Lance
Place_Keyword: 3755 = Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Christopher J. Schenk
Contact_Organization: USGS
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey MS939, Box25046
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-5796
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: schenk@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit: R. F. Mast, D. H. Root, (ed.)
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ARC/INFO version 7.0.4

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
A sampling of cell locations and cell attributes were visually compared to a hard-copy plot of wells to identify errors.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The accuracy of the cells, as created by the FORTRAN program of D.H. Root and R.F. Mast, depends wholly upon the accuracy of the oil and gas well information in the version of the PI WHCS database. For the national scale of the 1995 Oil and Gas Assessment, the assumption was made that the data in WHCS were of sufficient accuracy for such a national-scale analysis.
Completeness_Report:
The cells were defined using the well data in the PI WHCS database. The WHCS database contains over two million wells for the U.S., which, although not a complete tabulation of all U.S. wells, is the most complete well database available for the United States.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
A visual comparison was made using a sampling of cell locations and cell attributes with well locations and attributes. In particular, the values of latitude and longitude for the wells in WHCS were assumed to be accurate.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: Gautier, D.L.(ed.)
Originator: Dolton, G.L.(ed.)
Originator: Takahashi, K.I.(ed.)
Originator: Varnes, K.L.(ed.)
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:
1995 National Assessment of United States Oil and Gas Resources--Results, Methodology, and Supporting Data
Edition: Release 2
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-30
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DDS-30, Release 2
Source_Contribution: U.S. National Oil and Gas Assessment
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: Beeman, W.R. (compiler)
Originator: Obuch, R.C. (compiler)
Originator: Brewton, J.D. (compiler)
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:
Digital Map Data, Text, and Graphical Images in Support of the 1995 National Assessment of United States Oil and Gas Resources
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-35
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DDS-35
Source_Contribution:
digital map data in support of the 1995 U.S. National Oil and Gas Assessment
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: Charpentier, R.R. (compiler)
Originator: Klett, T.R. (compiler)
Originator: Obuch, R.C. (compiler)
Originator: Brewton, J.D. (compiler)
Publication_Date: 1996
Title:
Tabular Data, Text, and Graphical Images in Support of the 1995 National Assessment of United States Oil and Gas Resources
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series
Issue_Identification: DDS-36
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DDS-36
Source_Contribution:
digital tabular data in support of the 1995 U.S. National Oil and Gas Assessment
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Petroleum Information Corporation
Publication_Date: 19901201
Title: Well History Control System
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Houston, Texas
Publisher: Petroleum Information Corporation
Type_of_Source_Media: Digital
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19901201
Source_Currentness_Reference: 19901201
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WHCS
Source_Contribution: Lat./Long. Points, Final Well Class
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Oil and gas well data for each province in the U.S. was run through a FORTRAN program written by D.H. Root (ret.) and R.F. Mast (ret.). This program converted the WHCS data into latitude-longitude points that represent the center-points of quarter-mile cells. The cells were then assigned an attribute based on the type of production of the wells located within the cell. The latitude-longitude center points in the .cls files from the NOGA 95 Spatial Data Disk (DDS 35) were reformatted into Arc/Info Generate format (ASCII) files. They were then imported into ArcInfo coverages using the GENERATE command. Region/province/play numbers and names were appended to the file using lookup information acquired from tables on the NOGA 95 Tabular Information Disk (DDS36). Finally, production status from the original .cls file were joined to the coverages.
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DDS-30, Release 2
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DDS-35
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS DDS-36

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.00
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: pr"playnum"cg.pat or pr"playnum"cg.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition:
Point Attribute Table. For each play, "playnum" is replaced with the actual play number in either a file, pr"playnum"cg.pat, or a table, pr"playnum"cg.dbf.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REG_NUM
Attribute_Definition: Region Number
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Regions
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REG_NAME
Attribute_Definition: Region Name
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Regions
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PROV_NUM
Attribute_Definition: Province Number
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Provinces
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 37
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southwestern Wyoming
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PROV_NAME
Attribute_Definition: Province Name
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Provinces
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southwestern Wyoming
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PLAY_NUM
Attribute_Definition: Play Number
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Plays
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3701
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rock Springs Uplift
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3702
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cherokee Arch
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3703
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Axial Uplift
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3704
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Moxa Arch-LaBarge
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3705
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Basin Margin Anticline
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3706
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Subthrust
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3707
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Platform
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3708
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Jackson Hole
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3709
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Deep Basin
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3740
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Cloverly-Frontier
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3741
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Mesaverde
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3742
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Lewis
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3743
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Fox Hills-Lance
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3744
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3750
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Rock Springs
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3751
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Iles
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3752
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Williams Fork
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3753
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Almond
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3754
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Lance
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3755
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PLAY_NAME
Attribute_Definition: Play Name
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resource Plays
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rock Springs Uplift
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cherokee Arch
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Axial Uplift
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Moxa Arch-LaBarge
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Basin Margin Anticline
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Subthrust
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Platform
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Jackson Hole
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Deep Basin
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Cloverly-Frontier
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Mesaverde
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Lewis
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Fox Hills-Lance
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Rock Springs
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Iles
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Williams Fork
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Almond
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Lance
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Greater Green River Basin - Fort Union
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SYMB
Attribute_Definition: Production Status
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Cell contains at least one productive oil well, but no productive gas wells (green).
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Cell contains at least one productive gas well, but no productive oil wells (red).
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Cell contains at least one productive oil well and at least one productive gas well or one well producing both oil and gas (purple).
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cell contains no producing wells (charcoal).

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Team
Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey MS939, Box 25046
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-7773
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
Distribution_Liability:
Although the data has been processed on the computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcView shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 1.0
Format_Information_Content: Quarter-mile cell data for plays
File_Decompression_Technique: unzip
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/oilgas/noga/>
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcInfo export
Format_Version_Number: 8.0
Format_Information_Content: Assessment data for plays
File_Decompression_Technique: unzip
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/oilgas/noga/>
Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20010605
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Team
Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey MS939, Box 25046
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-7773
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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